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Psychology Research and Behavior Management

Dove Medical Press Ltd · New Zealand · Est. 1993

ISSN1179-1578eISSN1179-1578

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.132

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.018

Total Worksi

1,940

Total Citationsi

38,844

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.10

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Psychology Research and Behavior Management is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal dedicated to advancing psychological science and its application to behavior management. The journal promotes rigorous scientific research in psychology and evidence-based interventions that directly inform behavioral outcomes and change management strategies in real-world contexts.

General Information

Country / RegionNew Zealand

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1993

FrequencyIrregular

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,940

Publisher OrgDove Medical Press

OA Since2007

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Dove Medical Press Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1179-1578 / 1179-1578

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

105

4.1k

2019

130

5.2k

2020

189

5.2k

2021

288

5.1k

2022

394

5.9k

2023

325

3.3k

2024

181

671

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ1

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, ClinicalPsychology, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Psychology (miscellaneous)Psychiatry and Mental Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

COVID-19 and Mental HealthImpact of Technology on AdolescentsJob Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorResilience and Mental HealthChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutPerfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety StudiesMental Health Treatment and AccessAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesMental Health Research Topics

Frequently asked questions about Psychology Research and Behavior Management

Is Psychology Research and Behavior Management a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Psychology Research and Behavior Management: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Psychology Research and Behavior Management?

Psychology Research and Behavior Management is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 5.10.

Is Psychology Research and Behavior Management indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Psychology Research and Behavior Management is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.